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19,602 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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The typhoon in Taiwan, illness in Kigali and violence in Beirut drew the news. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 57 in 100 of its 217 stories, usually 21
RegionEast Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

123 of its 217 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Taipei accounted for 61 of Taiwan's 123 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Typhoon was named in 105 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Health

Rwanda

48 of its 58 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kigali accounted for 32 of Rwanda's 48 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kigali stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Djibouti

23 of its 31 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. the Red Sea accounted for 17 of Djibouti's 23 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories).

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Health

Denmark

41 of its 111 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Congo

36 of its 45 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Australia

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Road crashes were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with overdoses. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Sweden

60 of its 180 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Rights & justice

Tunisia

15 of its 21 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Bahamas (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Vietnam (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Australia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Oct. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 19,602 stories about harm among 103,087 counted on 3 Oct.

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On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 103,087 stories, as usual. Taiwan's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. For the second day running, the news turned to Taiwan. A year earlier, on 4 October 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda83 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 38 · mostly health Lebanon74 in 100 of its 548 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Syria70 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel61 in 100 of its 1,735 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 572 Tel Aviv Israel62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 343 Delhi India56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Kolkata India41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58 Philadelphia US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Israel about three times as angry as the world's · 1,062 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Philippines about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 159 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 408 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 202 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 106 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 5,201 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,365 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,854 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,627 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 908 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 854 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 785 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 684 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed5,138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,517 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,896 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,209 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced428 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations417 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting abductions360 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about the usual rate

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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